Dennis’ men’s softball team, Fast & Furious is back on the fields for the spring season and tonight is game night. Thursdays need to be quick and on the lighter side. I chose to make BLT sandwiches for dinner tonight but wanted to change it up a bit so used ciabatta rolls that I came across this morning when I was doing some shopping at Sprouts Farmers Market. I also used red leaf lettuce instead of the usual iceberg.

I cooked my bacon in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. In the last 10 minutes, I added my ciabatta rolls to the oven to toast them a bit.

While my bacon was cooking and my rolls toasting, I cut up a beefsteak tomato and gathered up my lettuce and set it aside.

Once the bacon and rolls were done, I spread mayonnaise on both sides of the roll, and layered it with my lettuce, tomato and bacon.

Our dinner called for nothing more than fruit as a side dish.

Ingredients

• Ciabatta rolls

• red leaf lettuce

• 2 slices of bacon per sandwich

• 2 slices of tomato per sandwich

• 1 tablespoon mayonaise per sandwich

• pinch of kosher salt

Directions

Cook bacon in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Cut ciabatta rolls in half and lay on a baking sheet. Bake in the same 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. Spread both halves of bread with mayo and layer the bottom half with lettuce (sprinkle tomato slices with a pinch of kosher salt), tomato and bacon. Top with other half of roll. Enjoy!

Until next time, Kris